Chapter 5

Since the progress was a bit slow, I added one more chapter.

>> Lv: 5 → 6

>> Rank: F → E

"A, it... It went up!!"

I trembled with excitement at finally escaping the F rank. However, Sora soon shook his head.

"I still don't know if it really went up."

Since becoming an F-rank adventurer, Sora had defeated a considerable number of monsters. Even after experiencing a plateau in growth, he had hunted a significant number. Yet, he remained at F rank.

An adventurer's rank can be measured at facilities related to the Adventurer's Guild. Sora paid a considerable amount of money and had his rank measured multiple times. Since he was consistently judged as F rank, it was clear that he had stagnated.

Yet, could his rank really go up just from defeating a single goblin?

"Maybe it's because of that black smoke?"

The rank that had not gone up for so long suddenly started to rise. The only unusual event that occurred around that time was being enveloped by the black smoke.

After being enveloped by the black smoke, the status board began to appear.

"Maybe I got a limit突破 skill at that time?"

Sora should have received SP points from leveling up. To allocate these points, Sora looked at the status board.

Name: Sora Tensui

Lv: 6 Rank: E

SP: 0 → 5 Job:初级搬运工 → 中级搬运工

STR: 5 VIT: 6

AGI: 11 MAG: 0 SEN: 7

Ability: 【 】＋

Skills: 【Complete Drop】【Limit Break】【Inventory】NEW

Equipment (Effects): ——

As expected, the SP increased due to the level up. There were also two other changes.

"Huh? My job changed?"

It seemed that his job had risen from beginner to intermediate due to reaching E rank. However, he didn't feel any change, probably because he was a porter.

"The only change is that I got a new skill? So, this Inventory skill is for intermediate porters, right?"

Inventory is a skill that allows items to be stored in an extradimensional space. Adventurers with this skill are rare but do exist. They can carry a large number of consumables and drops from monsters without any limits.

Adventurers with this skill are invariably surrounded by major guilds due to its rarity and irreplaceability.

"I didn't think I'd get the Inventory skill..."

Just having this skill increases the likelihood of joining a major guild. If you join a major guild, you get a salary, and your life becomes more stable.

However, Sora had no interest in major guilds. This was because what major guilds wanted were porters with the Inventory skill. Even if Sora wanted to fight, the guild wouldn't allow it.

"Well... At worst, that's an option."

If he couldn't fight anymore, he might consider it. But for now, he wanted the strength to stand on his own. To avoid being crushed just because he was F rank...

"Maybe... I can get that strength?"

Sora's spine tingled. The curiosity that had been dormant inside him suddenly flared up.

"First, I need to see what I can do!"

Forgetting that he was in the dungeon, Sora started tapping the status screen. He thought there might be some other feature, like when he switched the automatic allocation of SP points.

As Sora expected, a small window popped up when he touched a certain point.

"Set an ability. Please choose from the following:"

【Growth Acceleration】【Natural Recovery】【STR Enhancement】【AGI Enhancement】【VIT Enhancement】【SEN Enhancement】

"Wow!"

Sora let out a cry of joy upon seeing the small window. The items listed below the text were likely the abilities.

"Can these be changed?"

It was unclear at this point. For now, he tapped on something that wouldn't be a loss to choose.

>> Ability: 【 】＋ → 【Growth Acceleration】＋

Sora tapped the ability again. The same text and list of abilities appeared.

"Oh, they can be changed. So, I can switch abilities according to the situation. ...Can I increase the number of abilities I can equip?"

Sora tried tapping the ‘+’ next to 【Growth Acceleration】. A small window appeared.

"The cost has reached its limit. Cannot expand the ability slot."